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PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

- G. G. BLAKE.

TAG. APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 6. 190a. RENEWED NOV.21.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TAG.

Application filed January 6, 1906. Renewed November 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. BLAKE, re-

l siding at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Tags, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to tags to be attached to fabrics of various kinds having an outer surface upon which may be written or printed a cost mark or any other information. Such tags may be made of stiff resilient paper or of metal with a paper outer surface, and ordinarily, if, of paper, are attached to the fabric by a common pin, or if of metal are provided with sharp integral prongs adapted to pierce the fabric and be clenched thereon.

My invention relates to tags which may be made from this resilient metal or of paper possessing sufficient stiffness and resiliency, and provided with a pin secured in one end of the tag, the pointed end of which is adapted to. be locked to the opposite end of the tag, to prevent its becoming dislodged, all of which will now proceed to describe and point out in the claims.

Of the drawings which form a part of this specification and illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a, perspective view of a completed tag. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a ribbon or strip to illustrate the cutting off therefrom of tag blanks. Fig. 3 is a plan view of ablank cut from a ribbon or strip. Fig. 4 is an edge view of a completed tag, and Fig. 5 is a plan viewofFigA. Fig. 6is an edgeview of a tag to show its insertion in fabric. Fig. 7 is an edge view partly in section to show the tag locked in fabric. Fig. 8 is a top view of the tag shown in Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 is a cross seetion on line wa: of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a modification.

In the drawings a represents a ribbon or strip of resilient metal such as thin sheet brass, or of stiffened or resilient paper, of the width desired for the tags, and the dotted lines indicate the configuration of each tag blank the design being to cut the blanks from the ribbon so that there will be no waste of material and c is a tag blank cut out and detached from the ribbon. lVhen the tag blank is cut from the ribbon a slot 1) is formed in one end e, and at the opposite end is a tongue If left from the following blank; in one construction, this tongue has no function, but is left on simply to avoid the Specification of Letters Patent.

abutment for the Patented June 11, 1907.

1906. Serial No. 344,498.

expense of disposing of it in case it should have been cut off, but in another construction it is made use of.

Figs. 4 to 9 inclusive show the completed bent over on the dotted lines t,-i, and an ordinary (leaded brass pin 9 one end 0 at a point e,

is stuck through folded part serving as an from the inside, the

folded part may be pasted to the central portion, to hold the pin in place.

If the upper surface f of the tag is made of metal it has a paper covering, in order that it may receive pencil or ink marks or print- \Vhen the tag is to be attached to fabric, its pin g is passed into and out of the same, as shown in Fig. 6, to gather a loop of the fabric and its point is brought under the end 6 which may be done by sliding it under side wise between the said end and the top f so that a fold of the fabric is brought up over the pin and through the slot 1) as shown in Figs. 7 and 9 in which position the sides h, h, of the slot prevent the pin from escaping, and thus the tag is locked to the fabric; and the body of the pin is substantially parallel with the ends 6 and 6 The tag may be easily inserted and as readily removed, although the pin can not be detached under ordinary circumstances; and by its construction I provide an exceedingly simple and cheaply manufactured article of manufacture.

It will be seen that the point of the pin extends over the length of the slot and is adapted to rest upon the inner surface of the end 6, and when fabric is between the sides 71, 71 of the slot the spaces therebetween and the pin, are filled by the fabric.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the pin is stuck through the inner part of the tongue I) at c which is then turned onto the central portion a and pasted thereto.

In the modification shown in Fig. 10, a rib j is formed in the inner side of the folded end 6* through which the pin g is passed, thus giving it more support; this is not essential however.

I claim as my invention:

1. As an article of manufacture, a tag l made from thin flat resilient material, folded l over at each end and. having an outer surface adapted to receive ink or pencil marks, and a pin secured to one end and of a length to head of the pin, which 1' parallel with the tag extend parallel with the tag and engage the opposite end, the folded end which engages the end of the pin being substantially parallel with the body of the tag.

2. As an article of manufacture, a tag I made from resilient material having flat foldi ed ends adapted to lie substantially parallel I with the body of the tag, and a pin in one of said ends and of a length to extend parallel I with the tag and engage the ofpposite end. I

3. As an article of manu acture, a tag made from paper, having its ends folded ini Ward one with a slot as set forth, said tag having an outer surface adapted to receive ink or pencil marks, and a pin secured to one end and of a length to extend parallel with the tag and engage the opposite end, the inwardly folded ends being adapted to lie flat against the fabric to which the tag is applied.

4. As an article of manufacture, a tag made from resilient paper having its ends folded inward, one with a slot at its extremity, said tag having an outer surface adapted to receive ink or pencil marks, and a pin secured to one end and of a length to extend and engage the opposite end, the inwardly folded ends being adapted I to lie flat against the fabric to is applied.

5. As an article of manufacture, a tag made from a ribbon of resilient material having its ends folded inward one with a slot at its extremity, with a pin in the end opposite the said slot resting in the abutment formed by the fold at that end and its body extend- 1ng through the paper and adapted to become substantially parallel with said end when its point rests in the slotted end, said tag having an outer surface adapted to receive ink or pencil marks, the said pin being secured to one folded end and 0f alength to extend parallel with the tag and engage the opposite end, the inwardly folded ends being adapted to lie flat against the fabric to which the tag is applied.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this fifteenth day of December, 1905.

CHARLES C. BLAKE.

which the tag WVitnesses:

CHAS. H. HoBBs, MARK E. FERNALD. 

